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An aged piece of paper with cursive script written on a slant across the page.

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Published 27th May, 2025 6 min read

To women stand on a grand staircase in elegant dresses. One woman is of a very slim build, and the other has a fuller figure. The slim woman smiles into the distance while the other woman looks sad, and fans herself.

Document of the Week: Antipon Tonic—Weight Loss Advert in The Tatler (1909)

Nishah Malik

Published 26th May, 2025 4 min read

A typed document with text in two columns. At the head of the page there is a title that reads A Novel in a Nutshell.

Document of the Week: “Kismet”, the First Published Work of Walter de la Mare (1895)

Laura Wales

Published 19th May, 2025 3 min read

Civil Defence is Common Sense: Mobilising the Public Through Propaganda

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 13th May, 2025 23 min read

A man wearing headphones looks down at a laptop on the desk before him. He is smiling. There is a purple hexagon overlayed with the letters UV inside it.

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Published 13th May, 2025 4 min read

A greyscale illustration by Louis Wain. Several young kittens can be seen performing a range of actions associated with the infancy of both humans and cats, including sleeping, crawling, and crying. Some of the kittens perform more feline actions, such as attacking their caregivers, clawing at furniture, and diving headfirst into a bucket of milk, while the adult cats appear firmly anthropomorphised, standing on their hind legs and holding the kittens in their arms.

Document of the Week: “The Seven Ages—I” by Louis Wain, 1900

Chloe Haney

Published 12th May, 2025 3 min read

A black and white photograph of people celebrating the end of the Second World War. The man central to the frame holds up a newspaper that reads IT'S V-E DAY. Everyone is smiling.

80 Years: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

Nishah Malik

Published 8th May, 2025 3 min read

A page from the Customs Imports and Exports accounts, covering the period December 1719 to December 1720.

Document of the Week: Tobacco and the American Colonies, 1719–1720

Dr Catherine Bateson

Published 5th May, 2025 3 min read

A young man sat at a desk with a laptop in front of him. He wears glasses and is smiling at the screen. Beside his laptop, there is a brown leather bag, and a cup of coffee.

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Published 29th April, 2025 2 min read

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